 Amen. So keep your place in 1 Samuel chapter 10. We're going to be coming back there in a few minutes, but we're going to look this morning at this doctrine of eternal security in the Bible. We're going to be looking at, you know, some people will call it, once saved, always saved. We're going to look at it in a little bit of a different way today. I want to look at a case study on King Saul, the first king of Israel. So let's look at it this morning and see if we can see what the Bible says. I hope you have your Bible with you. We're going to be going to a lot of Bible this morning. I want to show you this morning just a case study in eternal security from the Old Testament. Then I want to show you how, you know, the Bible teaches very clearly that once you are saved, you are always saved. And then I want to show you how it doesn't even make any sense. You can't even logically make sense of the idea of losing your salvation in the first place. So let's go ahead and look first at what the Bible says about our salvation. Look at Ephesians 2 in verse number 8. Keep a place in 1 Samuel chapter 10, and we're going to go back there. The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 2 in verse number 8, we're talking about, first of all, how are we saved in the first place? Are we saved through our works? Are we saved by things that we do? The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 2 in verse number 8, for by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. And then in verse number 9, you know, we just get this very clear statement, it is not of works in the Bible. So it's not of yourselves. You are not saved of yourselves. You are not saved of your works at all. In John chapter 3 in verse number 36, one of my favorite verses in the entire Bible, especially out soul winning, it is the most clear verse on salvation in my opinion. The Bible says in verse 36, he that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life. That is a very clear statement saying when you believe on the sun. So we know we're not saved by our works. We're not saved by ourselves. The question then becomes, how are we saved? How do we get saved? And the Bible says in John 3 36, it's by believing on the sun. And by believing on the sun, you hath everlasting life. That means you currently possess it. You're not getting it over time. You're not earning it. It doesn't come to you after five years. It says you believe on the sun and believe on means to trust the sun, Ephesians chapter 1. Once you trust on the sun and not on yourself, you hath everlasting life. You have it. You currently possess it in that moment. It's that simple, folks. Go to Ephesians chapter 1, if you would. Ephesians chapter 1. So we see that we're not saved by works. We're saved by trusting on Jesus Christ. What Jesus did for us, his death, his burial, his resurrection, paid the price for our sins. It's trusting on that and we are saved. Look at Ephesians chapter 1 and verse number 13. Ephesians chapter 1 and verse number 13, the Bible says in whom he also trusted, there is that equating believe on. So it's not believing that Jesus existed. It's not believing that Jesus was perfect. It's trusting on what Jesus did, who he was, and whom he also trusted after that he heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also that he believed. Then look what we see here. Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. I love that verse in the Bible. Talking about how it is God that seals you once you trust on Christ. Go to John chapter 10. John chapter 10 and look at verse 28. Look at John chapter 10 and verse number 28. If you have a red letter Bible, these words will be read. This is Jesus speaking in John chapter 10 and verse number 28. The Bible says in verse number 28, I give unto them eternal life. So this gift that Ephesians chapter 2 is talking about, this gift of your salvation, not only did it have nothing to do with you, but the gift is eternal life. It is literally a gift that lasts eternally, everlasting, forever. And then I love John chapter 10 and verse 28 because it says I give unto them eternal life as if that's not enough to explain it that way. He also says, and they shall never perish. I mean, it's pretty obvious if you have eternal life, life that never ends, it means you will never see spiritual death. You will never get that second death. But Jesus just makes sure he covers both ends. It is so clear in the Bible, they shall never perish. Neither, it's almost like Jesus knew the Pentecostal movement would come along saying that someone could take away your salvation or you could lose your salvation. He says, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. In that one verse, there is three statements eternally. You cannot lose your salvation. Then in verse 29 we see another one. My Father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. This is a very beautiful couple of verses saying that once you are saved, you are sealed and Jesus and God holds your salvation. You don't hold it and I'm glad I don't hold it because I would lose it and so would you. So God is promising us here that it is eternal life and that he hangs on to it for us. Look at John 6.37 or look at the verse of the week on the front of your bulletin. And the Father, and that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that cometh to me why in no wise cast out. So we see that the Bible is very clear with a lot of scriptures. We could keep going on this that you are saved not by your works. It's a gift. Jesus paid it for you. Once you trust on Jesus, you're sealed, you're saved in a moment and you cannot lose that salvation. There's nothing you could do to lose that salvation. Now let's look at a case study of King Saul, the very first king of Israel. Look at 1 Samuel chapter 10. Go back there. Let's look at Saul's, let's look at his salvation, let's look at his life, and then let's look at his death in the Bible and let's see what this means for our assurance. I mean there's so much that as Christians we can learn from the life of King Saul. Unfortunately it's kind of one of those lives where it's like, hey, how not to do the Christian life, how not to do this thing. But look at 1 Samuel chapter 10. So the children of Israel want a king. They want to be like everybody else around them. You know, Samuel's not happy about this. God is not happy about this. But they give, God decides to give the children of Israel a king. And this king, look at verse number five of 1 Samuel chapter 10. Samuel tells him to go to these prophets and something's going to happen to him. After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, this is Samuel talking to Saul, where there is a garrison of the Philistines and it shall come to pass when thou art come thither to the city that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a sultry and a tabaret and a pipe and a heart before them and they shall prophesy. Beard of the Lord will come upon thee and thou shalt prophesy with them and shall be turned into another man. That's a key verse right there that he will be turned into another man. We see the same type of language used about salvation in the New Testament. We'll look at that in just a minute. Look at verse number nine. So Samuel is saying, this is going to happen to you. And then in verse number nine it actually does happen. And it was so that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all those things that came to pass that day. And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him and the Spirit of God came upon him and he prophesied among them. So Saul, just like Romans chapter four and verse number three talking about Abraham, remember that people in the Old Testament were saved the same way that people in the New Testament were saved. Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. This is Saul's moment where he believed God and God gives him another heart. Look at John chapter three in verse number three. Actually you turn to 2 Corinthians chapter five and I'll read for you John three three where Jesus is talking to Nicodemus. He's talking about people getting saved, getting salvation and he's talking about you know this spiritual rebirth that will happen when you get saved. Look at John or you go to 2 Corinthians chapter five. John three three says Jesus answered and said unto him verily verily I say unto thee accept the man be born again. He cannot see the kingdom of God. Remember Saul was given another heart the Bible said. Look at 2 Corinthians chapter five in verse number 17. Look what the Bible says. It says in verse number 17 therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature. Only in this way behold all things are become new. So Saul believes God. Saul has his moment of salvation in 1 Samuel chapter 10. Now how does it go for Saul after this? Almost immediately Saul turns away from the Lord. Turn to 1 Samuel chapter 15. Of course even before 1 Samuel chapter 15 Saul was rebelling against the Lord. He had sacrificed without Samuel being there. But the big one was in 1 Samuel chapter 15 where Saul just rebels against the Lord. He's a saved man. Saved man and he rebels against God. Imagine that. Look at 1 Samuel chapter 15 in verse number one. Samuel tells you know Saul to do something very specifically that the Lord wants done. Samuel also said unto Saul the Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people over Israel. Now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. I remember that which Amalek did to Israel. How he laid weight for him in the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have and spare them not but slay both man and woman infant and suckling ox and sheep camel and ass. So Saul is given this very direct order from the Lord that he is to slay this wicked man his army and all his people. Everyone. This was the command that was given to Saul. Look down at verse number 19. So Saul of course he goes out and he sort of follows this command. He slays most of the people but for the good sheep and then king Amalek he keeps alive for himself. They keep the best of the spoil and then he does not kill the king. Look at verse 19. Samuel calls him out on it and he says wherefore then dits thou obey the voice of the Lord. This is Samuel. But dits fly upon the spoil and its evil in the sight of the Lord. And Saul said unto Samuel. Yay. Now this is super important right here in verse number 20 and you start to see the heart of Saul and you start to see the rebellion of Saul against the Lord. And Saul said unto Samuel. Yay I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. So here the prophet is saying to him you didn't listen and you didn't do what you were supposed to do and instead of admitting fault Saul says yes I did he argues with the prophet and have gone the way which the Lord sent me and have brought egg egg the king of the Amalek and have utterly destroyed the amicalites. But the people that he puts blame on the people that kept the good livestock and the good spoil. He says but the people took of the spoil sheep oxen the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. He blames the people and then he says oh but it was for it was for the Lord. So he basically says you know I've done everything right and anything that was wrong it was the people and even that was done for the Lord. So it was just excuse after excuse after excuse. Verse 22 and Samuel said hat the Lord is great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice Samuel calls him out and he says look the Lord wants your obedience is what he wants from you. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of lambs. And then look at verse number 23 for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry because thou has rejected the word of the Lord he have also rejected thee from being king. He lost the kingdom right here. Samuel tells him because you've rebelled against the Lord and you're stubborn and you will not at least even admit that you were at fault. It's like you've lost the kingdom. Look at verse number 30. Now he gets caught he knows he's caught he knows he's in trouble and he gives a half-hearted apology in verse number 30 then he said Saul says I have sinned yet honor me now I pray thee before the elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me that I may worship the Lord thy God. So he apologizes but he apologizes just so Samuel will stay with him and the people will still follow him. So it was just to regain favor it was just to regain power that Saul even apologizes in the first place. So now Saul's rebelled against the Lord now turn to first Samuel chapter 16. Now Saul's life is basically defined by chastisement from God. If you just read the rest of first Samuel it is just nothing but God just chastising this man all the way up to the point of his death. Look at first Samuel chapter 16. Look at verse number 14. The Bible says but the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul. Now we're going to talk about this in a couple minutes but this is when the spirit of the Lord comes upon someone or it departs from someone this is the equivalent in the New Testament of being filled with the Holy Ghost and you know or not. So it's not that he's lost his salvation here and I'll prove that to you in a few minutes but look at verse 14 it says the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul meaning he was no longer filled with the spirit okay doesn't mean he's not saved in the Old Testament you see this used all the time and an evil spirit where? An evil spirit from the Lord troubled him go to first Samuel chapter 18. So notice every single time that you see an evil spirit come upon now evil in the Old Testament evil in the King James Bible means hurt when the God when God was going to do evil to a bunch of you know people it means he was going to punish them he was going to hurt them doesn't mean that God is evil evil means hurt or punishment look at verse 10 first Samuel chapter 18 so this evil spirit that would come upon Saul it was from the Lord it was punishment upon Saul look at first Samuel chapter 18 and it came to pass on the moral that what the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the house and David played with his hand as that with other times and there was a javelin in Saul's hand and Saul cast the javelin for he said I will smite David even to the wall with it and David avoided out of his presence twice so here this evil spirit this this chastising spirit from the Lord comes upon Saul again it's literally driving him mad for he's trying to kill David go to chapter 19 go to chapter 19 we'll see another instance of this look at chapter 19 look at verse number nine first Samuel chapter 19 and verse number nine the Bible says and the what the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul and he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand and David played with his hand and Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin but he slipped the way out of Saul's presence and he smote the javelin into the wall and David fled and escaped that night let's look at this this idea that that the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul turn to Psalm chapter 51 turn to Psalm chapter 51 there's a really interesting verse where David is talking about this in Psalm chapter 51 after David sinned David sinned and you know he was asking God a very specific prayer in his humbleness in his repentance and look at verse number 11 of Psalm chapter 51 the Bible says so we're looking at this how the spirit of the Lord could depart from Saul and then this evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul from the Lord remember look at Psalm 51 in verse 11 the Bible says cast me not away from thy presence this is David praying to God and take not thy holy spirit from me he's saying fill me again with the holy spirit but then look what he says in verse number 12 he says restore to me the joy of thy salvation so he's asking for God to fill him again with the holy spirit and he's saying restore to me the joy of my salvation he doesn't say bring my salvation back to me it does give me the joy of my salvation and fill me again with your spirit is what David is saying so the holy spirit being upon someone again is the same in the Old Testament as being filled with the spirit we see that in Acts chapter 2 in the New Testament turn to John actually turn to Ephesians chapter 4 turn to Ephesians chapter 4 so back to Saul he was under the chastisement of God he's rebelling against God every single time this evil spirit was upon Saul it was from the Lord it was from the Lord so evil being this troubling or this hurting spirit that God gave to Saul look at Ephesians chapter 4 the Bible says in grieve not the holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption so we have we are sealed by the holy spirit but it doesn't mean that we're always filled with the holy spirit if that makes sense okay so that's back to the holy spirit so basically Saul was saved but he was rebelling against the Lord and the Lord was punishing him all throughout his life go back to 1 Samuel chapter 16 look I believe that you know a lot of people would say that okay Saul lost his salvation you know because of all the wicked things they did but look the fact that God sent the evil spirit to Saul actually proves the opposite it proves that God was chastising him in his life this is also interesting look at 1 Samuel chapter 16 and look at verse number 23 it's also interesting that the only person that could help Saul on this earth that he was he was against he was trying to kill this man look at verse number 23 the Bible says in it came to pass when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul that David took in harp and played with his hand so Saul was refreshed and was well and the evil spirit departed from him the only person that could help Saul was the man of God the only person that could help Saul was the very person that Saul's flesh was trying to kill that's ironic right there he that's why he just instead of instead of embracing David instead of embracing the man of God he despised him and he tried to kill him over and over and over now turn to 1 Samuel chapter 28 finally God has had enough of this man God has had enough of this rebellious child and look at 1 Samuel chapter 28 and I'll give you two proofs right here that Saul is in heaven look at 1 Samuel chapter 28 and verse number 18 so Saul Saul God finally says you're done I've had enough of you so God sends Samuel back Samuel has died but Samuel comes back to Saul and appears miraculously to Saul in verse number 18 and he says this and he says because thou obeyest not the voice of the Lord nor executed is his fierce wrath upon Amalek notice how God is still using this one thing that Saul this shows you that Saul is not repented for that sin Saul has not you know said he was sorry and owned that sin in his life he brings it up that he's going to kill him for this before that the Lord done this thing under the this day verse 19 moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand this is Samuel talking Samuel is dead Samuel is in heaven therefore moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the philistines and tomorrow shall thou and thy sons beware be with me the Lord shall also deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the philistines so first of all a lot of people may say oh well Saul was never saved or Saul lost his salvation but here's the thing nobody would say that about Jonathan Jonathan in first Samuel chapter 14 the Lord was with Jonathan Jonathan was a great man Jonathan was helping David he was helping the man of God Jonathan nobody would argue that Jonathan was saved but Jonathan and Saul will be in the same place this is also more proof that Saul was saved and that he would be in heaven with Samuel look God was going to kill him God says you're done I'm taking you off this earth but you're going to be with me tomorrow and you know it Jonathan was nothing like his father so we that he not only but he is with his sons Jonathan is also with him this is also why you need a King James Bible because if you don't have a King James Bible you get into all this weird like shield and the grave and paradise and all this kind of weird doctrine you got to have a King James Bible because in the King James Bible in God's word there's heaven and there's hell that's it there's no purgatory folks it's not in the Bible so go to Titus chapter one in verse number two so the story of Saul shows us two things it shows us that God keeps his promises number one once you are saved you are always saved go read about Saul's life the man was a murderer the man rebelled against the Lord he was the most he was terrified but he was saved look at Titus chapter one in verse number two God keeps his promises the Bible says in hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began look if God promises you eternal life if he says I'm going to give you a gift and this gift is forever it's everlasting it had nothing to do with your works to get it it has nothing to do with your works to keep it it's forever you're sealed I hold your salvation and then God takes it away he's a liar and the Bible says the only thing that God can't do is lie God cannot lie turned it back to Ephesians chapter one so first of all God keeps his promises we learn that that is demonstrated to life go to back to chapter one and this time look at verse number five the next thing that we see demonstrated from Saul's life you're like this sounds pretty good once I'm saved yes I can never lose my salvation but guess what guess what what happened to Saul should be a lesson for every single saved person out there look at verse number five the second thing we learn from Saul is this once you are saved God will be fathering you God will be parenting you God will be chastising you look at verse number five of Ephesians chapter one having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will turn to Galatians chapter four look once you get saved you are adopted into God's family Galatians chapter four and verse you're like that sounds pretty good look at Galatians chapter four and verse number five Galatians chapter four verse number five the Bible says to redeem that them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons Romans chapter eight verse 15 says for you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but you have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba father again in Galatians three twenty six it says we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus once you get saved once you are sealed by the Holy Spirit you become adopted into God's family now here's the problem turn to Hebrews chapter 12 the Eve remember where did the evil spirit come from with Saul the evil spirit came from the Lord here's the problem that we're going to have is save people in our lives God is a good father look at Hebrews chapter 12 and verse number six you will deal with with God's chastisement in your life if you are saved look at verse number six the Bible says for whom the Lord loveth he chaseneth and scourges every son whom he receiveth if he endure chasening God deals with you as sons as with sons for what son is he but if he be without chastisement where of all our partakers then you are bastards and not sons furthermore we had fathers of our flesh with corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection to the father of spirits and live for they verily for a day a few days chastened us after their own pleasure but he for our prophet that we might be partakers of his holiness so look at verse number nine i mean verse number nine is basically threatening your life i mean it's basically saying look if you rebel against God as a saved person it could cost you your life on this earth look it's not going to cost you eternal life but it costs all his physical life on this earth God sent that army against him he saw that army coming and he fell on his own sword so he wouldn't be you know tortured by the army or whatever but it ended his life on this earth God ended him this is no joke and it says no chastening verse 11 for the president seemed to be joyous but grievous nevertheless afterward it yielded that peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby look folks the chastisement of God in your life is no joke it is no joke it is something that you know God is God is a perfect parent you know we all may be parents someday in some days we may just be like well you know i just don't feel like you know i just don't feel like following through on my punishments today look that never happens with God God will chastise you unto your own good unto it look it'll yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness God wants you to be fruitful in your christian life he wants you to be profitable in your christian life and it says that he'll scourge you if you get out of that you rebel against him there will be punishment in your christian life i gave the gospel to one guy one time and he got i got this across to him so clearly that he was clearly in sin in his life at that time i gave him the gospel he accepted christ he got saved he's like i think you just ruined my life and then i'm like possibly because if you continue in that sin now it's not like you're going to lose your salvation but god's going to start beating you in your life now and that guy just got it he understood he understood he was sitting there thinking about the things that he was into in his life and he trusted on christ he's like i think you just and he was thinking maybe i'm just going to keep doing these things and he god was going to chastise him for those things now look god's not going to chastise people who are unsafe they're going to pay in hell they're going to pay for eternity jope chapter 21 talks about that but the story of sol is not only a story of eternal security it is a warning to us to not fall away to not rebel against the lord to not get out of church it's a warning on how bad god's chastisement can get sol was literally driven to what most people would agree is probably madness by the lord because he just kept rebelling against the lord this is how you know it's also a lesson on how terrible christians can be that are just backslidden he was basically driven insane by his rebellion to the lord he turned on the man of god you ever seen that just turned on the only person that could help him turned his life into an obsession of killing him so look folks this is a warning to all of us you know you say well you know eternal security that's great but look unless here unless today is the most spiritual you have ever been you are by definition backslidden in your life and you were open to god's chastisement at that point you should always be fearful of the lord in your life not not for your salvation but just the chastisement of god on your life because he's an active father he's not like us there's not days where he gets lazy he's just like i'm just going to let some things slide god is an active father and he's been adopted by him he's active in your life every single day there's no not disciplining so that is the that's the case study of sol it's more of a you know yeah it proves eternal security but it's more of a warning if you're saved today it's more of a warning of god's chastisement on your life but let's just look at some logical arguments here let's do a let's do a thought experiment on eternal security or if we could lose our salvation look it has to be eternal because it doesn't make any sense that it's not eternal let's just do a quick thought experiment first of all and this was one that actually i was raised Lutheran if many of you don't know that but i was raised Lutheran and this is actually one after i got saved and i was still in the Lutheran church i was getting ready to leave the Lutheran church and get into a baptist church that preached the bible this is actually one of the last questions i asked my Lutheran pastor it was this i said you know if we just do a thought experiment let's just let's just pretend that we just didn't read all those verses in the bible that just clearly prove eternal security well just think about the idea okay we can trust on jesus and then if we fall into sin or whatever we can lose our salvation okay that would mean that you would have to be born again and again and again and i asked my Lutheran pastor this question i said where in the bible is is that ever has that ever happened to anyone you think we'd see one example where there'd be someone that was born again they got saved and they fell away they got born again and they fell away they got born again but you don't see that at all in the bible you'd have to be baptized again and again and again since baptism comes after salvation turn to first john chapter five so first of all you have to be born again and again and again you don't see that in the bible but the second one is this in our thought experiment and how it just doesn't make any logical sense that you could lose your salvation in first john chapter five here's the thing if you could lose your salvation you could never really know if you were saved and the bible says that you can know look at first john chapter five and verse 13 look what the bible says it says these things have i written unto you that believe on there's that salvation the name of the son of god why it's like we wrote the gospel down in the bible god says i gave you the word of god that that you that trust on my son that what that you may know that you have eternal life that you believe they may believe on the son of god so it's saying it's saying like i've written these things down so you may know that you have eternal life here's the thing folks if you can lose your salvation you could never really know if you were saved why because here's the thing there's no you would need to know three things there would have to be a list of sins that you could commit that would make you lose your salvation there would have to be a list of how many times you could commit those sins there would have to be a list a list of you know some specific directions of how often you could commit specific sins there is no list like that in the bible you could never know if you were saved you could never know you could never know what could cause you to lose it i mean there's no way you know where this list comes from if you ever talked to been out so many you ever talked to pentecostals especially you know where this list comes from because every single person that believes they can lose their salvation they have their own list they have their own list of specific things that they think will cause them to lose their salvation you know where it comes from it comes from the false prophet pastor that is teaching them in their church you're just making things up one pentecostal lady told me at the door she said um i know that i'm saved and i know that i'm going to heaven as long as i don't commit more than six sins a day and i'm like okay you know i mean first of all i if you're going to make something up i mean make it a higher number i mean six i mean you have no chance six cents i mean the thought of foolishness is sin i mean you know another one was a gal in my wife's homeschool group back in in north dakota she was pentecostal as well she was convinced if she wore pajama pants she'd go to hell she's she was terrified that if she wore pajama pants in her house she was going to burn in hell forever but where did that come from look we're all for dress standards we're all for ladies dressing like ladies and men dressing like men we're all for that but look it's not going to make you go to hell i mean she was terrified of it it's because the man that was preaching to her was teaching these things her husband was teaching her only look if this was true there's going to be a lot of people accidentally in hell think about this there will be a lot of people accidentally in hell i mean to because you're going to accidentally do something you know remember that time back march fourth 1982 when you were you know you committed seven sins that one day hell oops look that's it doesn't make any logical sense there's no list in the bible about the sins that can make you lose your salvation because you can't lose your salvation look folks it's all just works it's all works based salvation look there's no difference in believing that you have to do good works to be saved as to as there is in in doing good works to stay saved it's the same philosophy it's just covered up a little bit better it's philosophically the same here's the third third one in our thought experiment how would you get resaved think about that for a second if you could lose your salvation how do you get resaved because you sit there and you're like okay i guess you have to re-believe but you're like well i always believed just because you fell into sin doesn't mean that you stopped believing so that doesn't make any sense but here's what people actually think because the church that i used to go to that actually taught this turn to first john chapter one and look at verse number nine sinning doesn't make you not believe so it wouldn't even make sense that you could you know have to re-believe because you'd never stop believing but people would just say what they'll say is that you must confess your sins look at first john chapter one so they take a good thing look confessing your sins is good don't get me wrong confess your sins as much as you possibly can stay right with the lord look at first john chapter one look at verse number nine if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all on justness is that talk does that say to be saved this is simply talking about your relationship with your heavenly father who's adopted you there's this weird doctrine out there that you know you have to believe you know this is Protestant doctrine basically right here you have to believe on Jesus and then you just have to keep confessing your sins it's like you have to go to church every Sunday morning and you have to confess your sins like you're shaking an etch-a-sketch every single Sunday morning you shake that etch-a-sketch and then you're clear and then you sin some more and you shake it again the next Sunday and you sin some more but my question was and I always thought this in my mind my question was this what happens if I go out I shake the etch-a-sketch on Sunday morning and then I have a horrible thought and then I get hit by a car before the next Sunday morning I mean how long is your etch-a-sketch actually clean if we're going by this doctrine look no one's going to heaven if this is the doctrine folks no one's going to heaven it's not in the Bible this is the problem people would have no assurance of their salvation and the only people that would have assurance with this kind of doctrine are super arrogant people that just think they're great turn to James chapter four in verse number six the people who think they're pretty good you know this is but guess what that's the opposite of what it takes to actually be truly saved is what the Bible says look at James chapter four look at verse number six James chapter four so if you're super arrogant you think well I'm good enough you know I confess my sins enough I go to church enough that you know I'm clear I've first John 1 9 to enough during the week to where it's good enough if you are arrogant enough to think that you are good enough in that sense to get yourself to heaven look at first look at James chapter four in verse number six the Bible says but he giveth more grace wherefore he saith God resisteth the proud but giveth grace unto the humble you know it's those type of people that you'll go up to them with the gospel and they'll never accept it because they're too proud they'll never accept a doctrine like the actual gospel of the Bible because they're too proud they think they're pretty good they think they're pretty good turn to Romans chapter 11 so look it makes no sense you can't even you can't even logically think it through aside from all the clear scriptures in the Bible you can't even logically connect the dots on mind we could never be sure there's no list of sins in the Bible because you can't lose your salvation once you've trusted on Jesus you're sealed look at Romans chapter 11 you say what's the big deal I still believe Jesus died for me I just also believe that I have to like you know do good works to stay saved what's the big deal with that look at Romans chapter 11 here's the big deal the big deal is the Bible that's the big deal the Bible says it's one way or the other look at Romans 11 6 the Bible says and if by grace then it is no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then it is no more grace otherwise work is no more work you know what that means turn to Revelation chapter 20 you know what that means it says it is either one way or the other completely it is either all grace it has nothing to do with works or it's works and you know what the people that believe in works they will be judged by their works turn to Revelation chapter 20 turn to Revelation chapter 20 Romans chapter 11 in verse number six is saying it one or the other what we if you don't if you get nothing from this church from the preaching at this church you should get that God is an extremist God is not gray in any area God is either you are with me or you are against me it is either grace or it's work that's it and for the people that believe it's work they're going to be judged by their works so those people that think they're pretty good look I'm pretty good as long as I confess my sins as long as I and if you talk to those people long enough you will realize that there's really they really think that pretty much everybody's going to heaven if you talk to those people long enough look at Revelation chapter 20 verse number 12 the bible says and I saw the dead small and great this is the great white throne judgment stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened these were the people that are taken out of hell that are standing in front of God and the book was open which is the book of life and the dead who were not in the book of life they were judged out of those things which were written in the books you know what that is they're judged from the law they were judged from the bible according to their what their works you think you're pretty good you think you're going to get to heaven by your good deeds you're going to be judged by your works and guess what your good deeds can't cover up your sins and that's the problem that everyone is going to have turn to Galatians chapter 2 see what these people do by choosing works look at Galatians chapter 2 in verse number 21 works in any way folks keeping yourself saved works to get yourself saved it's the same thing to the Lord this is really the answer right here in Galatians 2 and verse number 21 it says I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain you know what frustrate means it means to stop it says if you think that you're saved by your works you're stopping God's grace how are you saved through God's grace who wants to stop God's grace look if you're not saved you need you need God's grace you need God's grace to be give you that gift of eternal life and this is saying that by believing in works you are stopping God's grace because if it's works it's no grace Romans 11 because people that believe Jesus died for them and also believe they have to do works they're really only they're frustrating they're stopping the grace of God that's what this is saying in Galatians chapter 2 frustrate means stop or to prevent they're taking I mean they're taking partial credit think of it that way think of building a house for somebody I mean just think of God for a minute I mean this is a this is a bad analogy because nothing can compare to what Jesus Christ did for our free gift of salvation but you think think about you build a house for somebody you build this whole house for them and you tell them hey this is your house this is a gift from me to you and then this person they show up that you built the house for them and they have like a nail and they like the nail isn't even needed the house is done and they like pound a nail and like the side of the house and they're like yeah we built this house together think about that that's what you're doing when you sit here and you say oh yeah you know my works and and I have to keep my salvation through my works look you're pounding a nail into a house that's already built and taking partial credit for that house and you know what Galatians says you're stopping God's grace it's not salvation so what God God deserves all the credit and he wants all the credit and that's all he wants all he wants is for you to trust in what he did because he did all the work for your salvation and that's why it's a gift if you had to pound in one more nail it's not a gift might be a good deal but it's not a gift so eternal security is clearly pointed out in the bible anything outside of that anything saying you can lose your salvation for any reason it's just it's just veiled work salvation this was the reformation folks the catholic church that this was the reformation the catholic church got so stupid why you can buy your way into heaven you can buy your relatives out of purgatory you can buy all these things you can buy yourself you know sins you can buy look the reformation came along and it still works but it's just better packaged it's prettier but look believing that you trust on Jesus and then you have to live a good life and confess your sins all these things it's the same thing it's just it's just a better package once saved always saved it's clearly taught throughout the bible and it's very very simple and it's the only way the bible makes any sense but that doesn't mean that you know the chastisement of god is not going to be upon all believers remember that when you read about the story of kings hall bow our heads and have a word of 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